Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-19
EDITOR o.sRiEN.

No Very COngenIal Company.
NEW YORK, May 10-Last night when
the steamer John C. Moore took the
O'Brien reception committee down to the
Umbria, remarkable scene was offered.
For several minutes after the object Of
the committee had been made known nc
person in authority could be discovered &c
attend to the New Workers. wants. The
cheers that the committeeman and then
friends sent up for Mr.. O'Brien were an
swered by portions of the passeng gers and
crew with groans and counter cheers for
Salisbury, BalIour and other friends OF
coercion.
Captain Patterson of the Moore had
much difficulty in finding any one on the
steamship to take a line from his boat
His request for the presence Of Captain
McMicken was greeted with the informa-
ton that the captain was at dinner, after
which there were more jeers After
about ten minutes, however, the captain
came to the rails and asked: What do
you wantl''
ave have permit to take some pas
sengers off," replied General OBeirne,
of the committee.
The Captains response to this was
gruff1y, well. will allow no person TO
| leave the ship until the doctor has made
his examination"
"Oh, we have got the doctor and the
customs inspector, too,'' chimed the
chorus from the Moore; and there was
| another general laugh.
Just then Mr.. O'Brlen appeared, and,
addressing the people on the Moore, in
quired: Are there any of my friends
here who want me TO go to New York to-
night!''
1--WE all do" came the reply.
''Then 1 will go,'' said O'Brien, deter
minedly, ''if only out of contempt for the
towards aboard here"
A ladder was run up to the steamship
rail after the lines had been made fast
and DR.. A. W. Smith, brother of the health
| officer of the port, ran up it. He went
through his form as far as Mr.. O'Brien,
| Bishop Ireland and Dennis Kilbride were
| concerned, and then Captain McMicken
asked him to pass the ship. DR.. Smith
evidently thought the steamship people
had not earned any special courtesy,
] and notwiths landing Captain McMick-
| ems repetition of his request. DIR. Smith
| told the commander that he would have
| to take his turn.
| Just as Mr.. O'Brien landed on the deck
of the Moore the after line of the boat
| parted and her stern swung away, this
preventing the disembarking of Kilbride.
1t is now stated that the commotion
| caused on board the Umbria by the recep-
| ton of Mr.. o Brien was more the outcome
of the chagrin caused by the delay in the
steamer reaching her dock than any thing
| else.
An employe of the Cunard Company,
who went down for the mails yesterday,
| said that he learned from one of the pas
| sengers that no ill-will was shown o Brien
| during the whole trip until the vessel
became befogged at Fire Island. Then
| several of the passengers, recalling a de-
| lay of an hour which occurred at Queens
| town, owing to Mr.. O'Brien's hardness
! in getting on board, began to grumble,
and asserted that but for this delay the
vessel would have been able to proceed
on her way, and would, in all probability,
have reached her dock at six O'Clock on
the evening of the day she arrived of
Fire Island, which was Saturday last
This dissatisfaction grew among the pas
sengers as Sunday wore on, and the YES
sci was una able to stir, and resulted in the
demonstration made against O'Bricn on
the arrival of the reception committee.
Mr.. OBrien, looking fresh and cheerful,
had hardly arose this morning at the Hof-
man House before he was beseiged by a
number of newspaper men. He well
coined the members of the press most
heartily, and laughed when mention was
made of the reception received. He said:
''Really don't know much about
the matter as some of you gentlemen ap,
pear to know. l did not expect any re-
ception. When l heard the cheering l
went on deck, not knowing where it
came from. 1 heard Captain McMicken
say rather testify, in reply to something
said from tug alongside, that nobody
should leave the Umbria. The gentlemen
on the tug, as 1 unders TODD them.
said they had the health OF,
icer and customs inspector on
board, and they would take me off. The
action of Captain McMiclken and some of
the officers of the vessel was very rude,
manifesting a desire to put every obstacle
in the way of complying with the wis hes
of the gentlemen on the tug. l don't re-
mem Der any shouting "God save the
Queen" but intermingled with the cheers
Of those on the small boat l heard cheers
for Lord Lansdowne and Lord Salisbury.
There was a small party of loyalists on
board the Um bria, and if it had not been
for the cowardice they displayed don't
think would have left the Umbria in the
| fog, but would rather have shared my
fate with the rest. In the hurry incident
| to the occasion my companion, MI. Nil
BRIDE was left behind"
Mr.. O'Brien said in conclusion that ne
really did not think the matter worthy OF
serious consideration.
Mr.. O'Brien was then Informed that
since his leaving Ireland, Mr.. French,
| Lord Lansdowne's agent, had denied that
Frederick Denning, the Trillamore bank
er, who had opened negotiations with
Lord Lansdowne's tenants, for a settle
ment, had been authorized to perform
such . task.
.sThat denial" said Mr.. O'Brien, ais
both untrue and absurd"
Speaking on Irish affairs Mr.. OBrien
| said there was no truth in the reports OF
| ParnelPs serious illness, and when the
! question of the probability of ousting the
| Tory government was mentioned, he said
| that while the Coercion bill was sure TO
| pass nobody was in hurry to turn out
| the present government. A general cleo
ton this year, he thought. would not
result in such benefit TO Ireland as at
| later period.
Mr.. O'Brien leaves for Mon this
/ evening.
| The Florida SenatOrshIp.